Fixed points of inhomogeneous smoothing transforms

Details Fixed points of inhomogeneous smoothing transforms Fixed points of inhomogeneous smoothing transforms

2010-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/1007.4509v2

Mathematics

Probability

Scientific paper

10.1080/10236198.2011.589514

We consider the inhomogeneous version of the fixed-point equation of the smoothing transformation, that is, the equation $X \stackrel{d}{=} C + \sum_{i \geq 1} T_i X_i$, where $\stackrel{d}{=}$ means equality in distribution, $(C,T_1,T_2,...)$ is a given sequence of non-negative random variables and $X_1,X_2,...$ is a sequence of i.i.d.\ copies of the non-negative random variable $X$ independent of $(C,T_1,T_2,...)$. In this situation, $X$ (or, more precisely, the distribution of $X$) is said to be a fixed point of the (inhomogeneous) smoothing transform. In the present paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a fixed point. Further, we establish an explicit one-to-one correspondence with the solutions to the corresponding homogeneous equation with C=0. Using this correspondence, we present a full characterization of the set of fixed points under mild assumptions.

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